Hypnotherapy for Phobias
Hypnotherapy for Phobias
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A phobia is an uncontrollable, irrational, and lasting fear of a certain object, situation, or activity. This fear can be so overwhelming that a person may go to great lengths to avoid the source of this fear. One response can be a panic attack. This is a sudden, intense fear that lasts for several minutes. It often happens when there is no real danger.
Phobias are created by our Reptilian Complex this is an early part of our evolutionry brain thats primary objective is to protect us and help us survive. This is all well and good when you have learnt not to put your hands into a flame, or avoid things with sharp large teeth. The problem is, that this wonderful system isnt by any means full proof, infact it gets it wrong quite spectactually. So rather than the previous examples we can have a fear that logically we know we dont need. Unfortunately, its not that easy just to use your logical brain to bargain with this part of the brain.
Ideas about categories of different Phobias
Hypnotherapy for all types
of Phobias.
Here are some vague outlines of a categorisation of phobias, examples of the objects of phobias, and subsequently categorised by type. Here is just a selection:
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Situational, contextual type phobias - fear of flying, enclosed spaces such as lifts etc.
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Natural environment-type phobias - fear of storms, heights, drowning, etc.
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Health fears, Injection/Injury type phobias - fear of needles, dentists, operations etc
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Fear of animal-type phobias - fear of birds, dogs, cats, snakes, spiders etc
All phobias are generated by the primal defence mechanisms of the brain that seeks to keep us safe. We don't choose these fears rationally. although it doesn't mean that when we are in the midst of a phobic response e can use logic to dispel the fear, it doesn't work that way. this is why we need to work at different levels of consciousness to generate change.